La Jolla traffic board OKs Cuvier Street vacation for Rec Center project, hears Pearl Street design concept
The La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board voted to approve the proposed vacation of part of Cuvier Street, shaded in green, along with diagonal restriping of parking spaces along Prospect Street in the La Jolla Recreation Center area.
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May 21, 2021 7 AM PT
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The La Jolla Traffic & Transportation Board voted unanimously to approve a request to vacate a portion of Cuvier Street as part of a plan to renovate the La Jolla Recreation Center.
At its May 19 meeting, the board heard an update with more details about the Cuvier proposal, as requested by board members last month.
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Development permitters approve vacation of Cuvier Street for Rec Center renovation
The proposed transformation of the La Jolla Recreation Center is shown in a rendering. La Jolla Presbyterian Church is across from the Rec Center on Draper Avenue, with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego located across from the center on Prospect Street.
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After some hefty debate and deliberation, a request to vacate a portion of Cuvier Street from city ownership got the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee’s support during its May 11 meeting.
During the discussion, the committee hashed out parking and traffic impacts and heard how the planned renovation of the La Jolla Recreation Center plays into larger plans for La Jolla’s Cultural Zone and what The Bishop’s School plans to do with the land it would acquire with the street vacation.
Development, traffic planners unable to vote on Cuvier Street vacation proposal, ask applicants to return
The preliminary proposed site plan for the La Jolla Recreation Center, as announced in February, with sections A and B documenting the new facilities in the vacated Cuvier Street space.
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A proposal to vacate Cuvier Street to accommodate an expansion to the La Jolla Recreation Center went 0 for 2 at community planning meetings this week, failing to garner a vote at either the April 20 La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee or the April 21 La Jolla Traffic & Transportation meetings. Trustees from both boards asked the applicants to return to a future meeting with more information.
San Diego tries new noticing system for public projects, starting with Cuvier Street vacation in La Jolla
A larger-than-standard notice of application describing plans to vacate part of Cuvier Street near the La Jolla Recreation Center is part of an effort to better inform residents of public projects.
(Elisabeth Frausto)
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When it comes to notifying the public about the planned vacation of part of Cuvier Street to facilitate renovation of the La Jolla Recreation Center, the city of San Diego went beyond its typical 8½-by-11-inch sheet of paper posted somewhere onsite. Instead, a 3-by-4-
foot sign is posted, noticeable from a car and readable from the sidewalk.